Rayquaza VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £239.24, raw the card sits at £87.98 — 2,7× as much. Of 6.623 copies already graded, 73 % received a 10 and 20 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £199.09 on average, before fees and shipping. Rule of thumb: submit when the value at a realistic grade is at least double the raw value — which is the case here. Centering decides it: an off-centre card will not get a 10. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 110 auctions the median was £70.03, across 249 fixed-price sales £96.56. Fixed price therefore fetched about 38 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £59.51 and £92.12, with a median of £73.66. Selling fast lands you nearer the lower end; with patience, good photos and a complete title the upper end is achievable.

The cheapest genuine sales were around £48.67. Offers well below £29.20 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

From real sales: English £81.62 (293), German £51.21 (16). English fetches about 59 % more.

lastsold uses only real sales — eBay plus auction houses like Goldin & Fanatics — recent sales count more (recency weighting), outliers and fakes are removed. It's not an estimate but actual sold prices, separated by condition, language and grading.